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TIL: Andrew Jackson’s parrot was ejected from his funeral for swearing

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KYLXJ TIL in 1971 a group of activists broke into an FBI office in Delaware and got away with 1000 secret documents. The plan was to do the heist during "the match of the century" between Ali and Frazer, predicting that security would be glued to their tv's for the match, and thus distracted
yQWY8 TIL In 1995, the Blockbuster video rental chain had more than 4,500 stores. The company made $785 million in profits on $2.4 billion in revenues: a profit margin of over 30 percent. Much of this profit came from "late fees" on overdue rentals
6ELBQ TIL that Benjamin Franklin preferred the turkey as the national bird of the United States
1am18 TIL: The airspeed velocity of a (European) unladen swallow is about 24 miles per hour or 11 meters per second.
mxRVy TIL about Caodaism a Syncretic Religion with about 4.4 million adherents . Their Pantheon Includes Joan of Arc , William Shakespeare, Jesus ,Muhammed and Lenin (among others).